Phase 1-2
What type of fish started the fur trade?
Cod
What was Britain's fur trade company called?
The Hudson Bay Company
The Northwest Company and the Hudson Bay company merged as one company under the name...?
Hudson Bay Company
How many phases of the fur trade are there?
5
Metis
A unique Indigenous culture born from the fur trade. The first Métis were the children of First Nations women and European fur traders. They later developed their own culture, traditions and language.
What was the name of the fish drying stations that the British set up?
Flakes
This product was eaten as a food source as the journey's became longer and food needed to keep for longer.
Pemmican
Prior to the companies merging, what was happening between the Northwest Company and Hudson Bay Company?
Terrible fighting
What animal was the main supplier of fur during the fur trade?
Beaver
Pemmican
Food made of dried meat, dried berries and animal fat. Used during the fur trade during long trips as it lasted a long time
Which city became a busy shipping center?
Montreal
What was the area around The Hudson Bay called?
Rupert's Land
Which animal became over hunted and it's population declined?
Buffalo
List one positive impact of the fur trade.
- Europeans received furs
- Indigenous received tools
- New trade routes
Coureurs de bois
Fur traders who transported goods along the trade routes.
Which river was used heavily for trade?
St. Lawrence
Who started the North West Company?
Independents merchants from France
True or false: the demand for fur continued to rise during this phase.
False
List one negative of the fur trade.
- Loss of language for Indigenous
- Disease
- Animal populations decreasing
Monopoly
Having full control over one product in an area.
Which people became the middlemen between First Nations and French?
Wendat
Which time period was phase 4?
A. 1603- 1670
B. 1670- 1760
C. 1760 - 1821
C. 1760 - 1821
The Hudson Bay Company was losing it's control over the West when this group began trading with the First Nations peoples.
Americans
How many beaver pelts could you trade for one gun during the fur trade?
14 beavers
Mercantilism
An economic system that allowed an imperial country to become rich by processing the resources from a colony and selling them back as finished goods